Recent Posts Tagged With 'heatwave'

• Record-breaking heat scorches southern Australia

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 19:19 in heatwave

  Australia Wildfires destroyed more than 20 homes while hundreds of thousands of others lost power as a record-breaking heat wave that began claiming lives maintained its oppressive grip on southern Australia on Saturday. About six people died f...

• Thousands of birds die in outback heatwave

  Posted on Thursday January 15th, 2009 at 15:28 in heatwave

  Australia A huge flock of birds has dropped dead in temperatures topping 45C after swamping an outback roadhouse in the southern Gascoyne. Budgerigars, crimson chat, zebra finches and cockatiels descended on the Overlander Roadhouse, 200km sout...

• Heat destroys crops, farmers' hopes

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 11:45 in heatwave

  AustraliaRECORD TEMPERATURES across Victoria's north last weekend laid waste to the state's wheat crops. Temperatures as high as 34 celsius at Swan Hill, in the state's north, and strong winds, destroyed cropping areas across the Mallee, Wimmer...

• Heat Wave Threatens Midwest Crops

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 14:50 in heatwave

  USALate-planted corn and soybean crops are in the hot seat this weekend and early next week as a scorching heat wave bears down upon the Midwest and the Great Great Plains Region. Several states in these areas are forecasted to see temperatures w...

• Iqaluit sweats in record heat wave

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 15:26 in heatwave

  CanadaSummer heat that is fairly typical in other parts of Canada is a RARE phenomenon in Iqaluit, which is in the middle of an Arctic heat wave. Residents say daytime temperatures consistently above 20 C HAVE NEVER BEEN FELT BEFORE in the Baffi...

• Heat waves expected

  Posted on Friday June 27th, 2008 at 16:01 in heatwave

  Portugal The National meteorological institute has revealed that this summer is expected to be ONE OF THE HOTTEST IN THE LAST 25 YEARS. Temperatures for June, July and August are expected to be 0.5 degrees above average, with the highest likely ...

• Heat wave has upside: ripened produce

  Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 12:10 in heatwave

  CanadaHot weather extending from Quebec to Florida has caused a number of fruits and vegetables to ripen quickly and come to market at low prices. From local asparagus and the first salad greens to such imports as corn, green peppers and watermelon f...